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Three charities would hold flag sales on Hong Kong Island [The Royal British Legion (Hong Kong & China Branch)], in Kowloon (Chinese Evangelical Zion Church Limited) and the New Territories (The Parents' Association of Pre-School Handicapped Children) on Saturday (November 7), a spokesman for the Social Welfare Department (SWD) said today (November 5).
Arrangements have been made with the charities to help people distinguish between the three flag-selling activities.
For enquiries, please call the department's hotline at 2343 2255, or SWD headquarters at 2832 4311 during office hours.
Information on the flag days of the month is also available on the department's website (http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_whatsnew/).
In the case of suspected fraudulent flag day activities, people should not make any donation and should immediately report the matter to the police.
The Government has promulgated the "Reference Guide on Best Practices for Charitable Fund-raising Activities" for voluntary compliance by the charitable organisations. Members of the public may browse the Reference Guide on SWD homepage (http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_controlofc/sub_referenceg/).
Information on the three flag-selling organisations on November 7 is as follows:
Region Name of Colour of Colour
Organisation Collection Bag of Flag
Hong Kong The Royal British White Red
Island Legion(Hong Kong
& China Branch)
Kowloon Chinese Evangelical Orange Light Blue
Zion Church Limited
New The Parents' Red White
Territories Association
of Pre-School
Handicapped
Children
Ends/Thursday, November 5, 2009
Issued at HKT 15:01
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